2000 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 (2000) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Tulsa Convention Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Life (Ga.)
(3rd title)
Runner-Up Georgetown (Ky.)
(4th title game)
Semifinalists Biola (Calif.)
(2nd Final Four)
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
(1st Final Four)
Coach of the Year Roger Kaiser
(Life (Ga.))
Chuck Taylor MVP Jimmie Hunter
(Life (Ga.))
Player of the Year Jimmie Hunter
(Life (Ga.))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 Marcus White
(Biola (Calif.))
Attendance 19,565
Top scorer Will Carlton (Georgetown (Ky.))
(100 points)

The 63rd NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 63rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The championship game featured Life University (Ga.) and Georgetown College (Ky.). Life would defeat Georgetown by a score of 63 to 59.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 37 field goals, 21 free throws, 100 total points (20.0 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 57 total rebounds (11.4 average rebounds per game)
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 9th, Georgetown (Ky.)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 19th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

2000 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Life (Ga.) 106
- Southern New Orleans (La.) 63
1 Life 90
16 Southern Tech 65
- Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 65
16 Southern Tech (Ga.) 74
1 Life 79
TOP TIER
8 The Master’s 68
9 Houston Baptist (Texas) 68
- Barber-Scotia (N.C.) 50
9 Houston Baptist 61
8 The Master's 81
- Campbellsville (Ky.) 76
8 The Master's (Calif.) 78
1 Life 85
- Olivet Nazarene 69
5 Oklahoma City 70
- Westmont (Calif.) 62
5 Oklahoma City 67
12 Spring Hill 77
- St. Vincent (Pa.) 47
12 Spring Hill (Ala.) 51
12 Spring Hill 44
TOP TIER
- Olivet Nazarene 62
13 Columbia (Mo.) 59
- Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 62
- Olivet Nazarene 79
- Lewis-Clark State 61
- Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 79
4 Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) 61
1 Life 61
3 Georgetown 59
3 Georgetown (Ky.) 89
- Northwestern Oklahoma State 63
3 Georgetown 66
14 Union 64*
- West Virginia 67
14 Union (Tenn.) 73
3 Georgetown 80
BOTTOM TIER
- Faulkner 61
11 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 52
- Mobile (Ala.) 51
11 Lindsey Wilson 79*
- Faulkner 81
- Faulkner (Ala.) 97
6 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 73
3 Georgetown 118
10 Biola 108****
7 Lambuth (Tenn.) 64
- Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 59
7 Lambuth 60
10 Biola 71
- St. Xavier (Ill.) 78
10 Biola (Calif.) 92
10 Biola 82
BOTTOM TIER
2 Lipscomb 71
15 Central State (Ohio) 88
- McKendree (Ill.) 79
15 Central State 41
2 Lipscomb 77
- St. Gregory's (Okla.) 66
2 Lipscomb (Tenn.) 77
  •  * denotes each overtime.

See also

References

  1. ↑ NAIA.org
  2. ↑ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.
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